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Montpelier High School

5 High School Drive, Montpelier, VT, 05602-3344 -

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Definition of Terms

Montpelier High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Washington County, VT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

430 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

38 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 102 students

Grade 10 - 121 students

Grade 11 - 97 students

Grade 12 - 110 students

This School

(VT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:11

1:12

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(VT) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	2%	n/a
% Black	2%	1%
% White	95%	94%

Additional Student Information

This School

(VT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

13%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(VT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Montpelier School District

This School's Agency

(VT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	3	2
Number of Students Managed	1,054 students	804 students
District Total Revenue	$14,045,000	$10,019,000
District Expenditure	$13,758,000	$9,811,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,325	$12,461
District Expenditure / Student	$13,053	$12,203
District Graduation Rates	93%	92%

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AP classes should be more open (Independent Press)
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Letter to the editor from Susan R. Abrams While visiting some old college friends who reside in Millburn recently, I happened upon the Oct. 21 article boasting of Millburn High School’s seemingly stellar SAT and AP scores relative to other...
H1N1 Flu Clinics Today (WCAX-TV Vermont)
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Parents need to grow up (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
posted on November 22, 2009 at 01:15:02 pm
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Montpelier police log: November 8 - 14 (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)
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Contact Info	5 High School Dr. Montpelier, VT 05602 (802) 225-8000
Established	1914
Current building built	1956, addition 1998
School type	[[Public school (government funded)\|Public]] [[Secondary school\|secondary]]
Principal (2006)	Peter Evans
Location	[[Montpelier, Vermont\|Montpelier]], [[Vermont\|VT]]
Enrollment (2006)	420
Activities	13 Clubs and organizations
Athletics	17 Sports teams, 12 sports
Athletic Conferences	[http://www.vpaonline.org Vermont Principals' Association]
Colors	Green, White
Sports Team	Solons
Mascot	Screech the owl
Homepage	[http://www.mpsvt.org/mhs/mhssite/index.html www.mpsvt.org/mhs]

Montpelier High School (MHS) is a public secondary school, comprising grades 9-12, located in Montpelier, Vermont. MHS serves the Montpelier School District. Montpelier is located near the center of Vermont in Washington County. The school's sports teams are called the Solons and the school's colors are green and white. Enrollment in 2006 was 420. Schools in the district include Union Elementary School, Main Street Middle School, as well as MHS.

[[File:montpelierhs1.JPG|thumb|Montpelier High School]]

Recognition
U.S. News & World Report ranked Montpelier High School in the top 500 out of over 18,000 high schools in the United States in November 2007. They initially and incorrectly reported that the school ranked fifth. The school brought the error to the magazine's attention shortly thereafter, prompting a correction on December 10, 2007. The school's correct ranking still puts it in the top 2.8% of American high schools and best in Vermont (by U.S. News standards).
History
MHS is a successor to the Washington County Grammar School, incorporated in 1813. Montpelier High School first issued in diplomas in 1914, the year a new high school building opened on Main Street. That building was replaced by the current building, off Bailey Avenue, which opened in 1956. The old high school building was converted to a middle school, and continues to house grades 6, 7, and 8. The present high school building was enlarged in 1998.
Academics
As of 2006, MHS offers 5 AP classes: Biology, US history, English, Calculus, and Spanish. MHS offers several foreign languages, French, Spanish, and Latin, at several levels. Students at Main Street Middle School are offered French I, Spanish I, and Algebra I. Upon successful completion of these courses students may earn high school credit. MHS is also a site for interning student teachers from the University of Vermont
As of February 2006, 17 students were attending the Barre Technical Center [1] in the neighboring town. Barre Technical Center is a technical and vocational school. Juniors and Seniors are eligible to attend.
MHS offers courses in the English department including, Journalism, Public Speaking, American Studies, American Literature, British Humanities, Irish Humanities, and Creative Writing. Some of the courses in mathematics include Applied Business Math; Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry; Statistics; and Calculus. Some of the science classes offered are, Astronomy, Geology, Environmental Application. Some of the social studies classes that are offered include World Geography, Economics, Women's Humanities, Psychology, and Sociology.
Scholastic Aptitude Test
Last year 74 seniors, 85% of the senior class, took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). thumb|backside of MHS
Clubs & Extra Curricular Activities
MHS has 20 clubs open to all students including:
AFS/Cultural diversity club- Students who participate in AFS/CDC get the chance to travel to another school in another state. Each student stays with a student from that school for three days and they get to experience what life is like in different communities.
VTLSP (Vermont Teen Leadership Safety Program)- A club directed towards raising awareness of prevention and wellness issues including alcohol and other drug use, traffic safety and risk taking behaviors, and to provide students with the resources, skills and adult support with which to facilitate positive change among their peers.
Outing Club- Outing club offers opportunities for students to participate in activities like backpacking, hiking, winter camping, canoeing, hiking, caving, rock climbing, and much more more.
Amnesty International- Its members learn about and take action on such issues as freedom of speech, torture, the death penalty, economic organization, and the rights of refugees.
Community service club - In this club, students respond to requests from the community for help in any areas.
French Club - Students engage in French conversation and take part in exchanges and field trips in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.
Solon Spectrum - The Solon Spectrum is the school newspaper. It is published monthly.
STAND - A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition (Originally Students Taking Action Now: Darfur). This club has three objectives: (1) Create awareness in the community of current ongoing genocides taking place in the world (2) Pressure government officials to take action in stopping genocide (3) Raise aid funds for genocide victims.
Athletics
Most sports have a varsity and a junior varsity team. Some sports that don't have many participants only have one team and some sports, like basketball, have an additional "Freshman Team" or Junior Varsity. MHS plays in Division II in every sport except for football which is Division III. The most popular sports at MHS are soccer and basketball. The girls soccer team won the 2007 Division II Championship. These sports are offered:
Fall season thumb|South side of MHS
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Football (Boys)
Field Hockey (Girls)
Winter season
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys Cross-country skiing
Girls Cross-country skiing
Boys Hockey
Girls Hockey
Spring season
Baseball (Boys)
Softball (Girls)
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Boys Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis
In the spring students can participate in track and field at neighboring U-32 High School. There is also an ultimate club that competes.
The school also participates in Unified sports, a program of Special Olympics. Unified sports teams consist of all types of students, including differently-abled students. The unified sports that are offered are soccer, bowling, snowshoeing, basketball, and softball. They compete against other schools.
MHS has many sports facilities on campus, including the following:
Baseball diamond with field hockey/soccer/lacrosse field in outfield and a scoreboard
Soccer/football field surrounded with a dirt/fine gravel track with grandstand and scoreboard
Softball diamond with scoreboard
Field hockey/ lacrosse field
Two outdoor tennis courts
Basketball court in gym
Weight room, recently renovated with new workout machines and repainted
Hockey is played at the Montpelier Civic Center. The ski team skis at a variety of locations, sometimes at the school but usually at U-32 or at the Morse Farm Touring Center nearby. The golf and tennis teams play scheduled games off-campus.
In some PE (physical education) classes, students canoe in the Winooski River, which passes the school, as a regular part of PE class. Students also participate in outdoor archery.
Greenhouse and composting
thumb|The greenhouseMHS is home to a solar greenhouse. It was built in 2004 by students of MHS from lumber from fallen trees. The goal of the greenhouse was to reduce the ecological footprint of the school and to be an example of sustainability. The greenhouse also has a web cam that has operated seasonally. Students who take biology are responsible for planting, watering and harvesting their own section of the greenhouse.
Organic greens grown in the greenhouse were used in the school cafeteria. Food waste from the kitchen and cafeteria have been composted and used in the greenhouse's soil.
Notable alumni
William Charles Fitzgerald, Class of 1956, Vietnam war hero.
Marc Gilbertson, Olympic Nordic skier.
F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Class of 1945, Governor of Vermont 1961–1963.
Laura Wilson, Olympic Nordic skier.
Garrett Graff, editor and writer.
Footnotes
Michael S Walterclass of 1972
Author (Hollywood Stuntman Comes Clean - WHAT HURTS THE MOST) Amazon, Goggle, Books a Million ect. POD online orders.Public SpeakerDirectorProducerStunt CoordinatorStuntmanWorld Record Holder (fire burns)
See also
List of high schools in Vermont
External links
Montpelier High School
Montpelier School District
Montpelier STAND

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